About 10 years ago, Third Eye Blind blew our minds with hit singles on the radio. About one week ago, they did again, but this time it was at Creighton. The Fallapallooza concert was full of energy, technical difficulties and chart-topping hits. It reminded Creighton students of yesteryear and left many wanting more.
“The general energy of the show was upbeat, especially the older songs that we all remembered singing to when we still had braces and our parents drove us around,” said Erin Redhair, Arts & Sciences junior. “You could really tell when a song came on we all recognized because the noise level increased drastically and everyone threw their hands up and started belting out the lyrics. It was pretty sweet,” said Redhair.
Every year CSU Program Board puts on two concerts: Fallapalooza and Spring Fling, which are both free to Creighton students. This year, the Fallapalooza show had a big turn out, with an overall good vibe.
“I liked the show. They had good energy and the band was really cool. We met some members afterwards and they invited us to go to the bar with them,” said BJ Sullivan, Business junior.
All the good energy in the world could not stop the inevitable technical difficulty. In this case, the problem was with the stage lights and it had the potential to make for one big awkward moment. The band found a way to deal with such a moment.
“When the lights on stage stopped working, and they had to turn the house lights on, the lead singer said it felt like a garage performance and it was kind of cool he could see all of our faces,” Chelsea Cox, Arts and Sciences junior said. “I kind of felt like it might be some weird ‘Creighton doesn’t want us to get too crazy kind of thing,’ but then they turned back off, so it was just a technical difficulty that was no big deal,” Cox said.
Although the band has not released an album in quite some time, it had little to no affect on the students overall outlook on the performance.
“I really enjoyed the show. I knew a lot more Third Eye Blind songs than I thought,” said Alyssa Fuerholzer, Arts & Sciences freshman.
The show was held in the Kiewit Fitness Center, but it is doubtful anyone was there to work out on Saturday night.
“I was really impressed by the performance and the atmosphere that was created in the KFC, you definitely could not tell you were in a stinky gym,” Redhair said.
So, if you missed Fallapalooza, you still have a chance for free entertainment in the spring. The performers and date will be announced later in the year. To find out what else is happening on campus visit creighton.edu/csu.